Hypolimnas deceptor

Hypolimnas deceptor, the deceptive eggfly or deceptive diadem, is a species of Hypolimnas butterfly found in southern Africa.

Wingspan: 60–65 mm for males and 70–80 mm for females.

Flight period is year round, peaking in late summer.

Larval food is Fleurya capensis and Laportis peduncularis.

Subspecies

• H. d. deceptor (southern Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, South Africa: Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape)
• H. d. deludens <small>Grose-Smith, 1891</small> (central and south-western Madagascar)

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